FIRST UNITED CHURCH of CHRIST

First United Church of Christ (Congregational), 300 Union Street will be holding a “Longest Night Service” on Tuesday, December 20 at 7:00 PM in the sanctuary.

This service of quiet music, readings, prayer, and candles is a time to seek peace during the holidays.   All are invited, but it will be especially helpful for [...]

Hello All – Starting in January, our 2nd/3rd grade classroom will be short one teacher.  Please consider becoming a Sunday School teacher!  The curriculum is provided, the children are enthusiastic, and the time commitment is a mere two Sundays a month.  If you have questions, or are interested, please contact the church office, church@firstucc.org. Also, our [...]

Pastor Bob Griggs will host an opportunity for study and discussion on Saturday, December 17 from 10:00 – 11:30 in the Big Room, with the intention being to continue one Saturday a month in the new year.

For the first session, Pastor Bob Griggs will be leading us in reflection and discussion of some [...]

Mark your calendars for the weekend of Advent IV, when Gian Carlo Menotti’s beloved Christmas opera will be performed at First UCC. Amahl tells of a young boy and his mother who are visited by the Three Magi on their journey to Bethlehem. The all-Northfield cast includes Christopher Brunelle, Bob Gregory-Bjorklund, and Jim [...]

“Although we church folks seldom consider it, we are a people on an amazing journey. Like Abram and so many other biblical ancestors who followed the Spirit’s leading to a new place of promise and hope, each of us is traveling a path God has set before us. Like any journey, our path includes twists [...]

Well, maybe.  One thing is certain: for most of us change is stressful.  Since Pastor Sandy Johnson retired, our church has gone through lots of changes in staff, in program, in the day to day “feel” of church.   We have known grief and loss, as well as the stress of uncertainty about our future.

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Sarah Forster provided a wonderful treat for us on Sunday and so many people asked for the recipe we decided to publish it here.

Meringue

Makes – 24 pieces.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Butter bottom and sides of 9 x 13 pan.

6 egg whites

1/2 t cream of tartar

1/4 [...]

Congregation members enjoyed a Sunday worship service at Valley Grove Church in Nerstrand, followed by an outdoor picnic.

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Michael and I will walk 18 miles in New York City June 4-5 to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Those dollars are intended to help increase suicide awareness, to provide support for those affected the loss of a loved one, and to fund ongoing research of how to prevent [...]

Visitation and Service for Bill Cupp will be at First United Church of Christ, 300 Union Street, Northfield, Minnesota.

Visitation will be from 4:00-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 and at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.  A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

Worry and Trust by Carol Rutz

First UCC to host Sopranorama

Expect the unexpected when First UCC Productions brings Sopranorama to the stage Saturday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. at the church.

Vocalists Maria Jette, Molly Sue McDonald and Northfield’s own Janis Hardy promise to explode all of the myths and break all of the stereotypes of tightly-wound, diva sopranos, [...]

First UCC to celebrate Chopin

First United Church of Christ of Northfield is celebrating the 200th birthday of Frederic Chopin with a concert Saturday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. performed by Horacio Nuguid of Rochester, Minn.

Nuguid will play a wide range of Chopin’s compositions during the 75-minute recital, including Fantaisie, Op. 49, [...]